Watch-chain attachment



UNITED STATES HENRY M. STROUD, OF CHASE, KANSAS.

PATENT OFFICE.

WATCHQCHAIN ATTACHMENT.

sPncIPIcArron forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,627, dated May a, 1888 Application filed September 6, 1887. Serial No. 248,946. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. STRoUD, of Chase, in the county of Rice and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Looks for Watch Chains and Guards, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side view of my device when locked; Fig. 2, the same with spur-bar and cam-1ever open; Fig. 3, a perspective View with an escutcheon attached; Fig. 4,a modified form of my device adapted to adjustable escutcheons or other appropriate ornaments; Fig. 5, an escutcheon with recess to receive the outer arm of the yoke, also the spring to retain the same; and Fig. 6, rear view of an ad- T j ustable ornament with rotating disk.

1 The object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient, and efiective lock or fastening for watch chains or guards. It may be readily attached to or removed from its appropriate place on a garment, and when locked thereon cannot become detached by accident or by force without carrying with it the part of the garment to which it is fastened.

'tach them to a delicate fabric, the bar may be i made without spurs or teetb,and a rubber lining placed in the groove or slot in the outer arm of the yoke,so that the lock maybe firmly attached without danger of rending the cloth.

The outer arm of the yoke ofiers an appropriate place for an escutcheon or other form of ornament, which may be either permanently attached thereto or adjustable. A variety of ornaments may thus be fitted to one and the same yoke and worn interchangeably, as will be hereinafter explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,A 5O

designates the yoke, having aslo't, in one end of which is pivoted a bar, B, provided with spurs. The cam-lever D is pivoted at the other end of the slot and operated by the thumbcatch E. Fig. 3 shows the yoke attached to an escutcheon, F. Fig. 4 represents the bar B provided with teeth,which are better adapted than spurs to certain grades of cloth. The same figure, in connection with Fig. 5, illustrates the manner of attaching the adjustable ornaments to the yoke. The arm G is pressed into the recess H by raising the spring I with a stud, J, which engages the orifice K in the .end of the arm. By this arrangement it will be seen that the ornament is so secured that it cannot be released except by opening the lock. Fig. 6 represents an ornament, L, which may be attached to the yoke by the staples MM, by which it is secured to a disk, N, which may be rotated within the circular flange 0, so that the ornament may be adjusted in position independently and without reference to the position of the yoke.

What I claim as new is- '1. A lock for watch chains or guards herein described, consisting of a metallic yoke having slotted arms, andprovided with a spur or toothed bar and cam-lever forlocking the same to a vest or other garment, substantially as herein set forth.

2. A look for watch chains or guards herein described, consisting of a metallic yok'e or U- shaped piece, one end of which has a lockinglever, in combination with an escutcheon or other ornament attached to the other limb, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this. 15th day of August, 1887, in the presence of witnesses.

HENRY M. STRO UD.

Witnesses:

W. O. SUMMERS, W. D. PETERS. 

